Biography:
George Henry Stubbington
14/09/1890 –09/07/1950
George Henry Stubbington
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Plot 1163
In loving memory of a devoted wife and mother Grace Maud STUBBINGTON passed away April 8th 1946 aged 57 years
Also George Henry STUBBINGTON her beloved husband passed away July 9th 1950, aged 59
George Henry STUBBINGTON
George Henry STUBBINGTON was born on 14th September 1890 in Winchester, Hampshire. His parents were Thomas Henry STUBBINGTON and Emily Louisa. The family moved to London in the late part of the 19th century and initially lived in Islington with Thomas working as a horse collar maker. But by the time George Henry was 10, they had left London and moved to Alma Road in Hemel Hempstead where George’s siblings Henry, Thomas and Elsie was born. In 1912 the family were living at 37 Astley Road in Hemel Hempstead where Thomas was still working as a horse collar maker.
George did not follow his father into an agricultural trade but by the time he was 19 he was working as a clerk for a hotel valuer called Harry Weston who had premises near Boxmoor railway station. (This station was renamed Hemel Hempstead station in 1912) At this point he decided to join the Army as a Territorial Force member of the 9th East Anglian Brigade. He served in the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner stationed in Watford and attended various training exercises throughout southern England in the four years of his voluntary service. The last of these was on Salisbury Plain a month after his marriage to Grace. He was discharged a couple of months after their wedding and there is no evidence that he served in WWI.
On 12th June 1912, when he was 22, George married Grace Maud GREEN in London. George gave his occupation as a clerk and Grace had been working as a cook for a wealthy family living in Bourne End. So I think we can assume that they met locally.
By the 1921 census the family were living at 85 Wood Lane, Hemel Hempstead. George was still working for Harry Weston, reporting his occupation as a business valuer’s clerk. By this time Harry described himself as a hotel valuer and Business Transfer Agent, and his office was still at Station Approach, Boxmoor. The hotel valuation business sounds quite unusual but it was clearly successful in that George worked for Harry, later alongside Harry’s son, for over 20 years.
In 1931 George got a job working as a commercial traveller for Chesham Brewery. The family moved to Berkhamsted and by 1939 were living at 6 High Street, Berkhamsted, near The Bull public house. Living with them were their son John Henry, their two daughters Beryl Irene and Grace Georgina, plus Elizabeth GREEN, George’s elderly mother-in-law.
The couple lived in Berkhamsted at 6, High Street for the rest of their married life. George was a popular member of the Apsley Village Club and of the British Legion Clubs in both Hemel and Berkhamsted. When Grace died in 1946, George was the executor of her estate.
After this, George went to live with his younger sister Elsie (LEA), 14 years younger than him, at 1 Cemmaes Meadow in Hemel Hempstead. He died suddenly four years later on 9th July 1950 a couple of months before his 60th birthday. At the time he was staying with his daughter Grace Georgina RINGSELL at 39 Hazel Road, Berkhamsted whilst his sister Elsie was away on holiday with her husband. George is buried alongside Grace in plot 1163.
George’s probate was granted to his two sons, George Thomas and John Henry and his effects were valued at £1,214 16/8.
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Plot 1163
In loving memory of a devoted wife and mother Grace Maud STUBBINGTON passed away April 8th 1946 aged 57 years
Also George Henry STUBBINGTON her beloved husband passed away July 9th 1950,
aged 59
George Henry STUBBINGTON
George Henry STUBBINGTON was born on 14th September 1890 in Winchester, Hampshire. His parents were Thomas Henry STUBBINGTON and Emily Louisa. The family moved to London in the late part of the 19th century and initially lived in Islington with Thomas working as a horse collar maker. But by the time George Henry was 10, they had left London and moved to Alma Road in Hemel Hempstead where George’s siblings Henry, Thomas and Elsie was born. In 1912 the family were living at 37 Astley Road in Hemel Hempstead where Thomas was still working as a horse collar maker.
George did not follow his father into an agricultural trade but by the time he was 19 he was working as a clerk for a hotel valuer called Harry Weston who had premises near Boxmoor railway station. (This station was renamed Hemel Hempstead station in 1912) At this point he decided to join the Army as a Territorial Force member of the 9th East Anglian Brigade. He served in the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner stationed in Watford and attended various training exercises throughout southern England in the four years of his voluntary service. The last of these was on Salisbury Plain a month after his marriage to Grace. He was discharged a couple of months after their wedding and there is no evidence that he served in WWI.
On 12th June 1912, when he was 22, George married Grace Maud GREEN in London. George gave his occupation as a clerk and Grace had been working as a cook for a wealthy family living in Bourne End. So I think we can assume that they met locally.
By the 1921 census the family were living at 85 Wood Lane, Hemel Hempstead. George was still working for Harry Weston, reporting his occupation as a business valuer’s clerk. By this time Harry described himself as a hotel valuer and Business Transfer Agent, and his office was still at Station Approach, Boxmoor. The hotel valuation business sounds quite unusual but it was clearly successful in that George worked for Harry, later alongside Harry’s son, for over 20 years.
In 1931 George got a job working as a commercial traveller for Chesham Brewery. The family moved to Berkhamsted and by 1939 were living at 6 High Street, Berkhamsted, near The Bull public house. Living with them were their son John Henry, their two daughters Beryl Irene and Grace Georgina, plus Elizabeth GREEN, George’s elderly mother-in-law.
The couple lived in Berkhamsted at 6, High Street for the rest of their married life. George was a popular member of the Apsley Village Club and of the British Legion Clubs in both Hemel and Berkhamsted. When Grace died in 1946, George was the executor of her estate.
After this, George went to live with his younger sister Elsie (LEA), 14 years younger than him, at 1 Cemmaes Meadow in Hemel Hempstead. He died suddenly four years later on 9th July 1950 a couple of months before his 60th birthday. At the time he was staying with his daughter Grace Georgina RINGSELL at 39 Hazel Road, Berkhamsted whilst his sister Elsie was away on holiday with her husband. George is buried alongside Grace in plot 1163.
George’s probate was granted to his two sons, George Thomas and John Henry and his effects were valued at £1,214 16/8.
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